Tina Fey Confirms ‘30 Rock’ Revival Talks (With One Major Twist)

A potential 30 Rock revival is building more and more steam. Creator and star Tina Fey is taking the blame for recent rumors, but looking more into a Muppet Babies-style prequel or hot robot-on-robot action. We may need to explain that last one.

A little bit of that is on me. Like, I must be so thirsty for internet attention that I was like, ‘Maybe’ … Who knows? Robert Carlock and I, we would never do a straight reboot because that would be too easy … We’re trying to think of a way to do something. Should we do a prequel that’s like Muppet Babies? Or, like, set in a dystopian future where there’s a lot of robot sex?

Revivals are precisely the kind of TV concept 30 Rock would parody, so the cast may be better served by a smaller special. The same may be true of The Office, as star John Krasinski expressed interest in returning for a Christmas special more-so than a full season. NBC has its hands full with three seasons of a Will & Grace revival anyway, and – as Fey joked to TVInsider last year – “I’d like them to air the original episodes in primetime again, because nobody saw them the first time anyway.”